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their responsibilities in the coastal zone through the development and 

 impleinentation of management programs to achieve loise use of the 

 land and water resources of the coastal zone giving full consideration 

 to ecological^ cultural^ historic^ and esthetic values as well as to needs 

 for economic development^ (c) for all Federal agencies engaged in 

 programs affecting the coastal zone to cooperate and participate with 

 state and local governments and regional agencies in effectuating the 

 purposes of this title^ and (d) to encourage the participation of the 

 public^ of Federal^ state^ and local governments and of regional agen- 

 cies in the development of coastal zone management programs. With 

 respect to implementation of such management programs^ it is the na- 

 tional policy to encourage cooperation among the various state and 

 regional agencies including establishment of interstate and regional 

 agreements., cooperative procedures., and 'joint action particularly re- 

 garding environmental problems. 



DEFINITIONS 



Sec. soil.. For the purposes of this title — 



{a) '■'' Coastal zone'"' means the coastal xoaters {including the lands 

 therein and thereu7ider) and the adjacent shorelands {including the 

 waters therein and thereunder)., strongly influyenced by each other and 

 in proximity to the shorelines of the several coastal states., and includes 

 transitional and intertidal areas., salt marshes., wetlands., and beaches. 

 The zone extends^ in Great Lakes waters., to the international bound- 

 ary between the United States and Canada and., in other areas^ sea- 

 ward to the outer limit of the United States territorial sea. The zone 

 extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent necessary to con- 

 trols those shorelands., the uses of which have a direct impact on the 

 coastal, waters. 



(&) '''•Coastal water''"' means {!) in the Great Lakes areas., the waters 

 within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States consisting of 

 the Great Lakes., their connecting waters., harbors., roadsteads., and 

 estuary-type areas such as bays., shallows., and marshes and {2) in other 

 areas., those loaters., adjacent to the shorelines., which contain a measur- 

 able quantity or percentage of sea water., including., but not limited to, 

 sounds., bays., lagoons., bayous., ponds., and estuaries. 



{c) '-''Coastat state''^ means a state of the United States in., or border- 

 ing on. the Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean., the Gidf of Mexico^ Long 

 Island Sound., or one or more of the Great Lakes. For the purposes of 

 this title, the term includes Puerto Rico., the Virgin Islands., Guam., and 

 American Samoa. 



{d) '•'■Estuary'''' means that part of a river or stream or other body 

 of umter having unimpaired connection with the open sea., where the 

 sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land 

 drainage. The term includes estuary-type areas of the Great Lakes, 

 {e) '■'•Estuarine sanctuary'''' means a research area which may include 

 any part or all of an estuary., adjoining transitional areas^and adjacent 

 uplands., constituting to the extent feasible a natural unit., set aside to 

 provide scientists and students the opportunity to examine over a 

 period of time the ecological relationships within the area. 

 (/) ^^ Secretary'''' means the Secretary of Commerce. 



